MAT 569

Title: Differential Geometry II

Description: First and second variation formulas, conjugate points and Jacobi fields, comparison theory. Curvature and fundamental group: spaces of positive and of negative curvature, space forms, Lie groups, homogeneous spaces, and symmetric spaces. Different topics may be covered depending on the choice of the instructor.

Mathematics Department, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook NY, 11794-3651, USA
Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook NY 11794-3660, USA
We are located in the Math Tower at the west end of the academic mall on the Stony Brook campus.